Sunday, November 20, 2011

It's Monday! What are You Reading? November 21, 2011

What
Are You Reading, is where we gather to share what we
have read this past week and what we plan to read this
week. It is a great way to network with other bloggers,
see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your
reading list.

I did okay finishing four books. I posted four
reviews and four giveaways. Plus, I posted my regular
Friday Pick Giveaway;
Saturday Sharing Beyond Books, and Sunday posts.

I still need to keep posting at least four to five reviews a week to keep up with the reading! :-)

I didn't get to visit at all last week - ugh. Just really busy at work and in the evenings. Limited time means something doesn't get done. *Sigh*
These were
last week's posts plus a Winner post not listed.

Book Description:
Publication Date:October 4, 2011
Is Western civilization in an accelerating decline? And if it continues will it eventually weaken and cause us to
come to the end of cultured civilization as we now know it? "Yes," says
David Jeremiah, and in his book, I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THE DAY! he
details numerous signs of this cultural decay including:

America held hostage by Iran

Marriage becoming obsolete

Creeping socialism

The invisibility of culture's enemies

Increase in "spiritual warfare"

America turning its back on Israel

Atheist attack on religion

Can this downward spiral be reversed? Yes, but only if one person at a time
returns to God with our heart, our manner of life, our dedication to
genuine worship of God, in serving God by helping others, in our giving,
and in prayer.

Geneva
Chilton, warned against human contact, betrays her family in order to
be close to the world she longs to join. Intrigued by an artist’s work
and his ability to capture life on canvas, Geneva steps too close to
the boundaries and discovers love, but what price will she have to pay?

Lewis
Hunt, intrigued by Geneva’s beauty and determined to capture it on
canvas, discovers he needs more. Lewis needs the real woman behind the
beauty. His course leads him to her, but also to danger. How hard is he
willing to fight for a woman of darkness, a vampire?

Book Description
Publication Date: November 1, 2011
When the powerful demon that left Shay for dead discovers her empty grave, he comes seeking retribution, believing she possesses an ancient book he has sought for centuries. Knowing she can't fight the demon alone, Shay returns to her clan and the Scottish Warrior who betrayed her...the only man she's ever loved, where she discovers that betrayal isn't always what it seems. Sometimes it's far worse
.

I am a two third into this. I am engaged and want to know what happens. Reviewing for Hachette Audio.

Book Description

Publication Date: September 27, 2011
Around the world, black handprints are
appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept
through a slit in the sky.

In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low.

And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war.

Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be
real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks
many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually
grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that
haunts her, and she's about to find out.

When one of the strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her
in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets
unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent
past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

Book Description
Publication Date: October 1, 2011
Arthur Pendragon strives to unite a
fragmented empire as his bastard son threatens to tear down the king,
his queen, and their bravest champions. From the sudden death of
innocence to a perilous campaign that strikes at the very heart of the
empire, this third and final book of the acclaimed trilogy by Gillian
Bradshaw offers the reader a front-row seat as Arthur's dream and his
kingdom collapse around him.

Lady Sophie Windham has maneuvered a few days to herself at the ducal mansion in London before she must join her family for Christmas in Kent. Suddenly trapped by a London snowstorm, she finds herself with an abandoned baby and only the assistance of a kind, handsome stranger standing between her and complete disaster.

But Sophie's holiday is about to heat up...

With his estate in ruins, Vim Charpentier sees little to feel festive about this Christmas. His growing attraction for Sophie Windham is the only thing that warms his spirits-but when Sophie's brothers whisk her away, Vim's most painful holiday memories are reawakened.

It seems Sophie's been keeping secrets, and now it will take much more than a mistletoe kiss to make her deepest wishes come true...